List of countries by quality of healthcare

This is a list of countries ranked by the quality of healthcare, as published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The ranking takes into account various health outcomes, including survival rates for seven types of cancer, as well as for strokes and heart attacks.

Outcome of cancer care

Major cancers

The 5-year observed survival rate refers to the percentage of patients who live at least five years after being diagnosed with cancer. Many of these patients live much longer than five years after diagnosis.

5-year survival rate is measured from the time of diagnosis, it is not the same as Life expectancy. More aggressive screening methods will cause 5-year survival rate to increase because people are diagnosed earlier, this does not mean they live longer. This phenomenon is called Lead-Time Bias.

Colon cancer 5-year survival rate

Country	Survival rate 2005–2009	Survival rate 2010–2014
Cyprus	67.6%	72.1%
South Korea	68.1%	71.8%
Israel	71.4%	71.7%
Australia	68.1%	70.7%
Iceland	64.0%	68.2%
Belgium	65.0%	67.9%
Japan	66.8%	67.8%
Switzerland	65.1%	67.3%
Canada	64.9%	67.0%
Norway	62.8%	64.9%
Sweden	64.2%	64.9%
Finland	63.2%	64.9%
United States	65.5%	64.9%
Germany	64.9%	64.8%
Italy	64.3%	64.2%
New Zealand	62.8%	64.0%
France	63.6%	63.7%
Austria	63.5%	63.7%
Spain	61.0%	63.3%
Netherlands	60.9%	63.1%
Slovenia	56.2%	61.9%
Singapore	60.3%	61.7%
Denmark	56.5%	61.6%
Portugal	61.1%	60.9%
Ireland	58.4%	60.5%
Costa Rica	55.1%	60.1%
United Kingdom	56.5%	60.0%
Estonia	53.8%	58.4%
China	55.6%	57.6%
Malta	52.9%	57.5%
Lithuania	51.1%	56.9%
Czechia	52%	56.1%
Turkey	52.7%	55.2%
Poland	51.1%	52.9%
Bulgaria	48.5%	52.4%
Romania	53.5%	52.2%
Slovakia	51.2%	51.8%
Croatia	49.5%	51.1%
Latvia	43.8%	48.8%
Brazil	50.6%	48.3%
Russia	42.4%	44.9%
Chile	47.1%	43.9%
India	33.8%	38.9%
Colombia	41.3%	34.5%
South Africa	31.9%	12.3%

Rectal cancer 5-year survival rate

Country	Survival rate 2005–2009	Survival rate 2010–2014
Cyprus	78.3%	75.9%
South Korea	68.1%	71.1%
Australia	68.6%	71.0%
Norway	65.8%	68.3%
Israel	67.3%	67.8%
Switzerland	65.6%	67.3%
Canada	65.2%	67.1%
Belgium	65.3%	66.6%
New Zealand	63.3%	66.0%
Netherlands	63.1%	65.3%
Japan	64.0%	64.8%
Denmark	59.8%	64.8%
Sweden	63.0%	64.7%
Finland	63.8%	64.4%
Austria	63.5%	64.2%
United States	64.5%	64.1%
Iceland	66.3%	63.0%
United Kingdom	58.7%	62.5%
Germany	62.2%	62.3%
Ireland	57.1%	61.7%
Italy	61.1%	61.3%
France	60.7%	60.9%
Singapore	59.0%	60.5%
Slovenia	57.0%	60.3%
Portugal	59.8%	59.6%
Spain	58.7%	59.5%
Romania	44.8%	58.4%
China	52.5%	56.9%
Malta	53.8%	56.1%
Estonia	50.5%	54.8%
Costa Rica	50.2%	53.9%
Lithuania	48.8%	52.7%
Turkey	49.3%	52.6%
Czechia	47.9%	52.3%
Latvia	42.5%	49.5%
Slovakia	47.5%	48.6%
Poland	47.6%	48.4%
Croatia	47.1%	48.2%
Bulgaria	42.1%	45.9%
Brazil	45.5%	42.6%
Russia	38.9%	41.9%
Colombia	37.2%	38.0%
Chile	39.5%	32.7%
India	33.6%	30.0%
South Africa	19.9%	9.1%

Lung cancer 5-year survival rate

Country	Survival rate 2005–2009	Survival rate 2010–2014
Japan	29.3%	32.9%
Israel	23.8%	26.6%
South Korea	19.9%	25.1%
Canada	18.6%	21.3%
United States	19.4%	21.2%
Switzerland	17.3%	20.4%
Iceland	16.0%	20.2%
Costa Rica	22.0%	20.1%
China	17.7%	19.8%
Austria	18.0%	19.7%
Sweden	16.6%	19.5%
Australia	17.1%	19.4%
Cyprus	18.2%	18.7%
Germany	16.9%	18.3%
Latvia	17.1%	18.3%
Belgium	17.0%	18.2%
Norway	15.4%	18.1%
Ireland	13.5%	17.5%
Netherlands	15.7%	17.3%
France	16.2%	17.3%
Estonia	14.3%	16.9%
Denmark	12.3%	16.6%
Italy	15.5%	15.9%
Portugal	14.1%	15.7%
Singapore	13.0%	15.5%
New Zealand	12.4%	15.3%
South Africa	16.7%	15.0%
Malta	11.4%	14.9%
Turkey	12.7%	14.9%
Slovenia	12.7%	14.8%
Poland	14.1%	14.4%
Russia	13.9%	13.7%
Spain	12.5%	13.5%
United Kingdom	10.1%	13.3%
Finland	12.1%	13.0%
Slovakia	10.5%	11.2%
Romania	7.8%	11.1%
Czechia	9.8%	10.6%
Croatia	10.6%	10.0%
Lithuania	8.8%	9.9%
Colombia	10.5%	8.7%
Brazil	8.5%	8.1%
Bulgaria	7.0%	7.7%
Chile	6.3%	4.6%
India	3.5%	3.7%

Stomach cancer
5-year survival rate

Country	Survival rate 2005–2009	Survival rate 2010–2014
South Korea	61.1%	68.9%
Japan	57.6%	60.3%
Costa Rica	38.4%	40.6%
Belgium	35.8%	37.5%
China	33.2%	35.9%
Cyprus	28.1%	35.6%
Austria	34.2%	35.4%
Germany	31.4%	33.5%
United States	30.1%	33.1%
Israel	29.8%	32.3%
Switzerland	31.4%	32.2%
Portugal	32.4%	32.2%
Australia	29.8%	31.8%
Italy	31.1%	30.5%
Singapore	27.1%	30.3%
Canada	26.2%	29.5%
Estonia	24.2%	29.2%
Slovenia	25.8%	28.8%
Iceland	30.3%	28.1%
Ireland	22.2%	27.6%
Spain	26.5%	27.2%
Lithuania	24.9%	27.0%
France	27.1%	26.7%
Norway	25.2%	26.2%
Romania	19.3%	26.0%
New Zealand	24.8%	25.7%
Finland	25.1%	25.7%
South Africa	25.0%	25.6%
Latvia	24.0%	25.1%
Netherlands	22.9%	25.0%
Sweden	23.6%	24.8%
Turkey	21.4%	24.6%
Malta	24.8%	23.8%
Slovakia	20.9%	21.1%
Russia	20.2%	21.0%
Poland	19.9%	20.9%
United Kingdom	19.2%	20.7%
Czechia	19.3%	20.6%
Brazil	24.3%	20.5%
Croatia	18.9%	20.0%
Denmark	15.4%	19.9%
Colombia	17.7%	17.1%
Chile	16.3%	16.7%
Bulgaria	13.9%	16.0%
India	9.8%	8.9%

Childhood (0-14) acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
5-year survival rate

Country	Survival rate 2005–2009	Survival rate 2010–2014
Malta	93.8%	...
Finland	88.1%	95.2%
Denmark	93.1%	94.0%
Canada	92.0%	93.0%
Iceland	...	92.4%
United Kingdom	91.4%	92.2%
New Zealand	91.2%	91.4%
Germany	92.1%	91.1%
Belgium	90.5%	90.8%
Australia	90.3%	90.7%
Netherlands	89.8%	90.4%
Switzerland	89.2%	90.3%
Portugal	84.1%	89.8%
United States	88.1%	89.5%
Sweden	87.1%	89.0%
Singapore	90.4%	88.6%
France	90.0%	88.6%
Ireland	87.1%	88.3%
Czechia	90.3%	88.2%
Israel	86.7%	87.9%
Italy	89.2%	87.8%
Estonia	85.4%	87.7%
Japan	83.7%	87.6%
Slovakia	80.7%	87.0%
Poland	84.4%	86.9%
Cyprus	85.2%	86.6%
Croatia	86.7%	85.2%
Spain	80.0%	84.7%
South Korea	78.6%	84.4%
Greece	84.8%	84.2%
Latvia	80.5%	84.1%
Norway	84.9%	83.0%
Turkey	78.7%	80.9%
Costa Rica	87.4%	80.0%
Bulgaria	74.8%	78.3%
Russia	74.2%	76.9%
Lithuania	67.7%	74.7%
India	75.5%	69.9%
Colombia	57.3%	68.9%
Brazil	69.2%	66.6%
Chile	67.4%	63.9%
China	53.5%	57.7%
Romania	...	53.9%
Mexico	52.5%	52.7%

Female specific cancers

Breast cancer 5-year survival rate

Country	Survival rate 2005–2009	Survival rate 2010–2014
Cyprus	92.0%	92.8%
United States	89.8%	90.2%
Australia	88.5%	89.5%
Japan	88.9%	89.4%
Iceland	85.8%	89.1%
Sweden	87.9%	88.8%
Canada	87.4%	88.6%
Finland	87.7%	88.5%
Israel	87.8%	88.0%
Portugal	86.1%	87.6%
New Zealand	86.1%	87.6%
Norway	86.7%	87.2%
Malta	84.8%	86.9%
France	87.2%	86.7%
Costa Rica	86.4%	86.7%
Netherlands	85.8%	86.6%
South Korea	84.0%	86.6%
Belgium	85.3%	86.4%
Switzerland	86.4%	86.2%
Denmark	84.0%	86.1%
Italy	85.9%	86.0%
Germany	85.6%	86.0%
United Kingdom	83.8%	85.6%
Spain	84.6%	85.3%
Austria	83.9%	84.8%
Slovenia	82.5%	83.5%
China	80.4%	83.2%
Turkey	80.6%	82.1%
Ireland	81.4%	82.0%
Czech Republic	79.1%	81.4%
Singapore	80.3%	80.3%
Croatia	78.2.0%	78.6%
Bulgaria	75.9%	78.3%
Estonia	75.4%	78.1%
Latvia	73.3%	76.9%
Poland	74.7%	76.5%
Slovakia	76.6%	75.5%
Chile	73.5%	75.5%
Brazil	77.1%	74.9%
Romania	74.8%	74.8%
Lithuania	71.3%	73.5%
Colombia	79.1%	72.1%
Russia	67.7%	70.8%
India	59.1%	66.1%
South Africa	32.0%	40.1%

Cervical cancer 5-year survival rate

Country	Survival rate 2005–2009	Survival rate 2010–2014
Iceland	87.6%	80.1%
Costa Rica	78.3%	78.0%
South Korea	77.0%	77.3%
Cyprus	66.9%	73.3%
Norway	70.5%	73.2%
Japan	69.2%	71.4%
Switzerland	69.4%	71.4%
Denmark	66.7%	69.5%
Sweden	67.7%	68.3%
China	63.0%	67.6%
Netherlands	65.5%	67.5%
Finland	65.2%	67.4%
New Zealand	64.4%	67.4%
Canada	67.0%	67.3%
Italy	67.7%	66.8%
Israel	65.9%	66.6%
Estonia	66.9%	66.5%
Australia	67.5%	66.4%
Portugal	65.3%	66.2%
Slovenia	67.1%	65.5%
Belgium	65.7%	65.4%
Romania	61.7%	65.3%
Germany	65.7%	65.2%
France	62.1%	65.0%
Spain	64.8%	64.6%
Austria	66.0%	63.9%
United Kingdom	61.9%	63.8%
Ireland	58.7%	63.6%
Singapore	63.3%	63.4%
Croatia	64.3%	63.2%
United States	63.1%	62.4%
Czechia	62.7%	61.0%
Turkey	59.2%	60.7%
Slovakia	58.9%	60.5%
Brazil	62.6%	59.9%
Lithuania	59.1%	59.2%
India	51.6%	59.0%
Russia	58.0%	57.7%
Malta	65.1%	57.4%
Chile	57.2%	56.7%
Poland	54.4%	55.1%
Bulgaria	53.2%	54.8%
Latvia	55.6%	53.9%
Colombia	55.4%	49.4%
South Africa	40.2%	37.1%

Outcome of cardiovascular disease care

Heart attack 30 day in-hospital mortality per 100 hospital discharges

Country	Death rate	Year
Denmark	2.9	2012
Australia	4.4	2012
New Zealand	4.5	2011
Norway	4.5	2011
Sweden	4.5	2011
Poland	5.2	2011
United States	5.5	2010
Canada	5.7	2011
Iceland	5.7	2011
Italy	5.8	2011
Switzerland	5.9	2010
France	6.2	2010
Czech Republic	6.8	2011
Ireland	6.8	2011
Netherlands	6.8	2010
Finland	7.0	2011
Slovakia	7.0	2011
Israel	7.1	2010
Belgium	7.6	2009
Slovenia	7.6	2011
Austria	7.7	2011
United Kingdom	7.8	2011
Portugal	8.4	2011
Spain	8.5	2011
Luxembourg	8.8	2011
Germany	8.9	2011
South Korea	8.9	2011
Turkey	10.7	2012
Chile	10.8	2010
Japan	12.2	2011
Singapore	12.5	2011
Hungary	13.9	2009
Latvia	14.8	2009
Mexico	27.2	2011

Hemorrhagic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality per 100 hospital discharges

Country	Death rate	Year
Japan	11.8	2011
South Korea	13.1	2011
Finland	13.7	2011
Austria	14.4	2011
Norway	15.3	2011
Sweden	15.8	2011
Switzerland	16.5	2010
Iceland	16.7	2011
Denmark	17.9	2012
Germany	17.5	2011
Luxembourg	18.3	2011
Italy	19.9	2011
Singapore	22.0	2011
Australia	21.8	2012
Canada	22.2	2011
United States	22.3	2010
Portugal	23.8	2011
France	24.0	2010
Chile	24.4	2010
Czech Republic	24.5	2011
Israel	24.7	2010
New Zealand	25.2	2011
Netherlands	25.9	2010
Spain	26.4	2011
Slovakia	28.0	2011
Slovenia	28.7	2011
United Kingdom	29.6	2011
Mexico	29.7	2011
Belgium	30.5	2011
Turkey	32.0	2012
Latvia	32.5	2009
Hungary	40.5	2009

Ischemic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality per 100 hospital discharges

Country	Death rate	Year
Japan	3.0	2011
South Korea	3.4	2011
Denmark	3.5	2012
United States	4.3	2010
Norway	5.3	2011
Finland	5.4	2011
Austria	6.0	2011
Israel	6.3	2010
Sweden	6.4	2011
Italy	6.5	2011
Germany	6.7	2011
Switzerland	7.0	2010
Iceland	7.4	2011
Netherlands	7.5	2010
Singapore	7.8	2011
France	8.5	2010
New Zealand	8.5	2011
Belgium	9.2	2009
Australia	9.4	2012
Czech Republic	9.5	2011
Hungary	9.6	2009
Canada	9.7	2012
Ireland	9.9	2011
Spain	10.2	2011
United Kingdom	10.4	2011
Portugal	10.5	2011
Luxembourg	10.7	2011
Slovakia	11.0	2011
Chile	11.6	2010
Turkey	11.8	2012
Slovenia	12.8	2011
Latvia	19.0	2009
Mexico	19.6	2011

See also

• List of countries by hospital beds
• List of countries by life expectancy
• World Health Organization ranking of health systems in 2000
• Medical tourism

External links

• http://www.businessinsider.com/best-healthcare-systems-in-the-world-2012-6?op=1
• Statista Data (2021)
• World Population Review